An apparatus (100) and method dynamically allocates radio frequency receive path resources as required by a programmable location engine (112). The programmable location engine (112) employs cascaded time of arrival and direction of arrival algorithms to determine per remote unit location data. The apparatus (100) employs a phased array antenna (104) and a programmable receiver switching apparatus (108). A plurality of radio frequency receivers (102a-102n) receive a plurality of different carriers, such as CDMA carriers, on each of a different phased array antenna element (106a-106d). An RF switching matrix (126) and mobile location shared resource controller (110) dynamically switch the plurality of radio frequency receivers (102a-102b) to not only receive the different carriers on each of the different phased antenna radio elements to determine time of arrival information, but alternately receive a same carrier signal over all or a portion of the phased array antenna elements to determine direction of arrival information.